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Intel logo Pentium G6960
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Intel logo Pentium G840

Intel Pentium G6960 logo Intel Pentium G840 logo
General information Pentium G6960 Pentium G840
Launched Q1 2011 Q2 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 FCLGA1155
Clock 2.9 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 3.4 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 2 0 % 2 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Performance Pentium G6960 Pentium G840
Overall Score 30311 0 % 29984 1.1 %
Future Proof 23 % 4.2 % 24 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 844 0 % 808 4.3 %
Single Thread Score 1265.3 0 % 1260.7 0.4 %
Encrypting Data 1810.2 MB/s 0 % 1729.7 MB/s 4.4 %
Compressing Data 27.2 MB/s 0 % 24.8 MB/s 9 %
String objects sorting 3407.2 thousand/s 0 % 3370.7 thousand/s 1.1 %
Prime numbers generation 13.3 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 32.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8158.5 millions/s 0 % 4628.7 millions/s 43.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4629.1 millions/s 0 % 2803.4 millions/s 39.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Pentium G6960, Pentium G840.

Average frames per second Pentium G6960 Pentium G840
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 44.6 FPS 43.6 FPS
High settings 71.3 FPS 69.8 FPS
Medium settings 89.1 FPS 87.2 FPS
Low settings 111.4 FPS 109.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Pentium G6960 Pentium G840
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.7 FPS 103.1 FPS
High settings 165.8 FPS 164.9 FPS
Medium settings 207.3 FPS 206.2 FPS
Low settings 259.1 FPS 257.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %
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